Rug-display rack



M. J. MARQUARDT RUG DISPLAY RACK March 19, 1925.

Filed Feb. 1, 1928 W A k Patented Mar. 19, 1329.

UNITED STATES TVIAX J. IVIARQUARIDT, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

RUG-DISPLAY BACK.

Application filed February 1,

This invention relates generally to the merchandising of rugs, andparticularly to a special form of display rack for rugs.

The main object of this invention is to eliminate the ditlicultiesordinarily encountered in the display of rugs, with special reference tocomposition rugs made of cork and other materials.

The second object of this invention to make it possible to hold a stackof rugs in a manner which will permit same to be quickly and easilydisplayed, thereby givin the customer the best possible selection om thedealers stock of rugs and to enabl the customer to easily comparevarious without laboriously shifting or rolling same is now the commonpractice.

The third object. is to eliniina' now occasioned by the dealer using therugs as samples and the consequent deterioration of the rug due tofrequent handlin s, which requires in most cases a price adjustment andfinancial loss to the dealer, as well as impairing the condition of therug itself.

The fourth object is to make it possible to display a relatively largenumber of rugs in a comparatively small space, which may be either neara wall or in the middle of a room.

The fifth object is to provide a special stock index card holder'wherebya dealer see at a glance how many rugs of each size of the pattern beingdisplayed he carries in stock. I

These, and other objects, will become more apparent from thespecification following as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, inwhich:

Figure I is a perspective view of the device showing a number of rugsmounted thereon. Figure II is a side elevation of a clamp track. FigureIn is a transverse section through a clamp track in front of one of itssupports. Figure IV is a fragmentary side elevation of a portion of theclamp track showing the clamping means. Figure V is a horizontal sectiontaken along the line 5-5 in Figure 11 showing the index card holder.

Similar numbers of reference refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the device consists of two principalparts, namely a clamp track and a support therefor. The clamp trackconsists of a horizontal I beam 10 provided with the downwardlyextending projections 11 to whose opposite sides are secured the curvedclamping plates'lQ by 1928. erial No. 251,333.

means of the wing nuts 13 on the stud bolts 14, which are secured in theprojections ll and pass freely through the members The rear end 15 ofthe member 10 is dewnturned and is provided with a laterally extendingrod 16 which is secured thereto for the purpose of fornnng' a stop. Theforward end 17 1s downturned and is secured thereto by means of thebolts 18 a vertical extension ll) having a handle 20 at the lower endthereof behind which is an extensionQl which also carries a clampingplate 12. The spring clips 22- on the extension 19 serve as a hole forthe card 23 on which is indicated the stock list of the particularpattern being displayed. 7

The support for uprightmembers the rack consists whose feet mounted onthe floor and which are furtl ei braced by the cross ties 26. Horizontaltrack members 27 may either be secured by means of the flanges 28 to awooden plate 29 on the wall 30 or on another pair of upright members242, if it is desired to place same away from the wall.

A U-shaped clip 31 passes upwardly around the track 27 andhas mountedtween the upper ends thereof a roller which rides on the upper side ofthe track 27. On the under side of the clip 31 and pivotally mounted onthe pin is downturned U-shaped roller frame 34 near the upper portion ofwhich is mounted the horizontal roller 35, and near the lower ends ofwhich and on the inner sides thereof are the shorter rollers 36..iaiueters, len and spacings of the rollers and 36 are such as to permitthe E-bcam 10 to pass freely between same.

The operation of the device The rugs 37 are attached to the I-beam 10and to the handle 20 and then placed in position in the frame, either byslipping the I- beam 10 through its supports. or else temporarilyremoving the roll r 32 from the clip 31 and restoringsame after the rug3'7 and its supporting-member 10 are in place.

Obviously, he member 31 may also be in the form of a side opening hookwith a hasp on the side to prevent the accidental removal or dislocationof the clip 31 on its track 27. such details, of course, being withinthe range of the skill of the ordinary mechanic.

It is also obvious that it would be preferable to provide the rollers 35and 36 with some form of friction reducing bearings, al-

as follows:

though their use is, of course, well und'erstood.

In practice, two rugs mounted back to back are supported under eachI-beam 10. Hitis desired to display any particular rug the merchantmerely takes hold of the handle 20 and draws the rug forwardly past theother rugs into plain view oi the customer. Not only is it possible forhim to draw the rug forwardly but also to move it laterally andangularly, owing to the pivotal nature and transversely slidablemountings provided at each support "for the I-beam 10.

It can be easily seen that when so mounted a rug is practically freefrom danger of mutilation and abuse to which such articles arefljill'l'lillOllly' subjected when used as samples- Moreover, not onlyis the rug protected trom abuse, but it is easily possible to show itsdesign, practically its ent re area, with the expenditure of only theslightest eiiort. It, for example, the customer desires to choosebetween two or more rugs to which he has narrowed his choice, themerchant can easily draw the particular rugs in question into theforeground While the remainder of the stock of samples is left in thebackground. In this manner the merchant is not only able to increase hisdisplay capacity for a given amount o1 floor space, but isqable to showhis complete line oi samples in a fraction of the time ordinarilyrequired, with much better satisfaction to the customer and acorrespondingly increased chance to make a sale.

It can thus be seenthat the merchant has not only eliminated the lossordinarily arising from'the handling of samples, but has increased byplacing them in a condition where" it is more easily possible for thecustomer to make a selection.

I am aware that many forms of display racks have been constructed in thepast; 1

therefore do not intend to cover such devices broadly, but do intend tocover all such moo the salability' of his stock of rugs forms andmodifications thereof as fall liairly within the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A rug display rack consisting of a clamping track adapted to besecured to the edge of a rug, a pair of transverse supporting tracksmounted over said clamping track, and swivel roller connections betweensaid supporting tracks and clamping track adapted to permit saidclamping track to move loi 'it-udinally, laterally or angularly withrelation to said supporting tracks. 7

2. A rug display rack consisting of a pair of horizontal supportingtracks having swivel roller hangers mounted thereon, and a clamp- .gtrack slidably mounted in said swivel roller hangers having meansthereon forattaehing same along one side and edge of a rug.

3. A rug display rack consisting of a pair of spaced horizontal trackmembers each of said traces having a swivel hanger slidably mountedthereon, a rug clamping track'loiigitudinally mounted in both of saidhangers, and clamping means whereby a rug may be secured along two sidesthereof to said clamp ing track.

l. in a rug display rack the combination of a pair of horizontal trackmembers having supporting means therefore, each of said tracks havingaroller mounted thereon, an under-slung clip mounted on each of saidrollers each of said clips having an inverted U-shaped hanger joinedthereto by means of a swivel connection, each 01 said U-shaped hangershaving rollers mounted therein, a longitudinal clamping track supportedby said rollers under each of said first mentioned tracks, a downturnedhandle secured to the forward end of said clamping track, and rugclamping means secured to said downturned handle and to said clampingtrackwhereby one side and one edge of said rug may be held thereby' IMAX J. MARQUARD'R

